TY - RPRT AU - Jenkins, Stephen P. TI - Top-Income Adjustments and Official Statistics on Income Distribution: The Case of the UK PY - 2021/Dec/ PB - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) CY - Bonn T2 - IZA Discussion Paper IS - 14951 UR - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp14951 AB - UK official statistics on income distribution have incorporated top-income adjustments to household survey data since 1992. This article reviews the work undertaken by the Department for Work and Pensions and the Office for National Statistics, and the academic research that influenced them, and reflects on the lessons to learn from the UK experience. KW - income inequality KW - top incomes KW - tax return data KW - inequality KW - survey data KW - data ER -